I say that we ask 'Crate' to guide us through the tunnel, since he knows so much about the area. Even if it's dangerous down there, doesn't hurt to have some help! Plus, he may know how to avoid the bad areas...

I say that we ask 'Crate' to guide us through the tunnel, since he knows so much about the area. Even if it's dangerous down there, doesn't hurt to have some help! Plus, he may know how to avoid the bad areas...

Great to have you back, Diddly and I'm looking forward to the return of TSR!

However, your suggestion flies in the face of a recent decision by mulitple players to go to the meeting alone, as per "Blondie"'s request.

On the issue of a name... Is our Uncle Lance Quazar on our mom's side or our dad's side? Or is that determined yet? If the latter, we can be a Quazar too. I was thinking along the lines of Joss Quazar, or Jace Quazar. Even if we're not a Quazar, I like the names Joss & Jace; Joss Eisley, anyone? Perhaps we're even hyphenated: Antilles-Quazar, Iblis-Quazar, Eisley-Quazar, etc.

Whether or not we choose to include the name Quazar in our name could have definite consequences for the story. If we do, and we happen to tell our (real) name to someone who knows of our Uncle Lance, they would immediately be able to guess that we're related to him, and that could work either for us or against us. With a non-Quazar name, they wouldn't necessarily be able to tell, of course. But it all hinges on our Quazar's decisions on our hero's family tree.

Anyway, those are just some thoughts. Loooking forward to hearing what the rest of you folks have to say!

On the issue of a name... Is our Uncle Lance Quazar on our mom's side or our dad's side? Or is that determined yet? If the latter, we can be a Quazar too. I was thinking along the lines of Joss Quazar, or Jace Quazar. Even if we're not a Quazar, I like the names Joss & Jace; Joss Eisley, anyone? Perhaps we're even hyphenated: Antilles-Quazar, Iblis-Quazar, Eisley-Quazar, etc.

Whether or not we choose to include the name Quazar in our name could have definite consequences for the story. If we do, and we happen to tell our (real) name to someone who knows of our Uncle Lance, they would immediately be able to guess that we're related to him, and that could work either for us or against us. With a non-Quazar name, they wouldn't necessarily be able to tell, of course. But it all hinges on our Quazar's decisions on our hero's family tree.

Anyway, those are just some thoughts. Loooking forward to hearing what the rest of you folks have to say!

... the Findswoman

Lance Quazar is your mother's brother (your mother was briefly glimpsed in the very first "prologue" scene before you arrived at the station.)

So, no, Quazar is not your last name. Hell, Quazar isn't Lance's original last name, either.

As a reminder - you did tell Callie Lance was your uncle even though you lied about your name to her and told her it was Deak Starkiller.

All right, back to square one with the last name. What do you all think of something like Viridian? Does Joss Meridian (or Jace Viridian, or the either one w/ Meridian) sound all right for the charcter? I think they have a nice sci-fi ring to them, & can see them making a really nice pair with Lance Quazar for when we actually do meet up with our uncle.

As the time for a new chapter is nigh, we need a final decision! At the very least, I will need to know if you intend to tell Crate the truth or use the same alias you used with Callie or make up something different or a different alternative. For instance, if you just say "Deak", that could be the truth, but only part of the truth. Or part of the same lie....now my head hurts.

Anyway, please get your final suggestions in so I can get the new chapter up!!

Findswoman has suggested something in the line of Jace Veridian (or possibly Joss). I want to avoid "Meridian", Finds, only because it's a real word.

Fair enough... though "Lance" and "Quasar" (with an S) are also real words!

I don't mind sticking with Deak as his real first name if that's what people would prefer. As for the backwards idea, though... I know it's a time-honored SW tradition and all, but it's always seemed rather unimaginative, a bit of a cop-out. (Chewie, this is not directed at you personally at all -- just at the tradition in general.) The resulting names always seem rather contrived, somehow. Witness, for example, "Coleman Trebor."

But if we still want to keep elements of the name reversal, the maybe we could go with something like "Raza" for our real last name, as jedistyle suggests. It's not hard to pronounce, and is nice and simple while at the same time being just cool and unusual enough for our purposes: Deak Raza, Jace Raza, etc.

As for what to tell Crate, however... There still is the possibility, remote or otherwise, that he could eventually find his way to Callie and mention that he met a guy named Deak in a helmet. In other words, there's the possibility of him giving us away, whether he means to or not (and he probably wouldn't). That's one reason I think a name other than Deak might be a good idea at this point, whether it's our real name or otherwise. In any case, this is something we should keep in mind as we decide on his name.

I rarely do the whole name twist like Lucas did for my own characters. I was just throwing that out there.

Here's some more name ideas... I like either having the word "Deak" in it, or "Quazar" in it -

You could go with "Deak" being your middle name. You could always tell Calle later on that Deak is your middle name, and "Starkiller" was just a nickname you've had all your life. Then you could go with something like one of these maybe, and it wouldn't look like you had really lied to her.